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Parents, coaches and community members urge school board to reinstate Preble coach
Summary
Multiple parents and longtime assistants urged the Green Bay Area Public School District board to reinstate Coach Rick Krasinski, describing harassment and pressure from a small group of parents that they say led to his resignation.
Several community members used the public forum at the May 11 board work session to press the Green Bay Area Public School District to examine the circumstances surrounding the resignation of varsity basketball coach Rick Krasinski and to consider reinstatement.
Steve Komp, who said he spoke on behalf of his son and others, told the board that "a few rogue parents" pushed Krasinski to make an emotional decision to resign and asked the board to "hold the people in the administration who handle this accountable." Jim Hayes, a 23-year assistant coach who has worked with Krasinski, told the board the conduct of those parents "is disgusting" and pleaded for the board to reinstate Krasinski, describing him as "everything that's good about high school sports." Matt Dornbush, dean of the UW Green Bay business school and parent, said extracurricular staff build "durable skills" and urged the district to consider improvement plans and other supports rather than removal. "If Rick is removed from this position, it's a really great loss for our students," Dornbush said.
A separate public commenter, Jonathan Lear, made a different set of claims focused on his son’s situation: he said he had provided the board an "unredacted receipt of instructional fraud," alleged the district responded with law enforcement to remove him while he monitored his son's safety, and said his son remains at home in "Safe Harbor" because of ongoing safety concerns. Lear urged the board not to renew a contract he characterized as rewarding "abuse and fraud." The district did not provide a response in the recorded transcript during the public forum.
The speakers framed their remarks as appeals to board oversight and accountability; the transcript records public appeals but not board action on personnel or specific procedural next steps during that meeting.
The board did not take immediate formal action on the coach's employment in this session; public commenters asked for review and accountability by the board and administration.
